Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others but then they return with their richer lading at last so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.

In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.

Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.

It’s amazing what desperation can do to a person. It can seep into the heart. Turn us into the very monsters we fight." -Vexis

Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say 'Not to be disabled.' We accept our limitations.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble.

I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."

A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

Any random group of thirty Vietnamese women will contain a dozen who make Julia Roberts look like Lyle Lovett.

In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.

It is terribly important to maintain a national identity in a way that it probably wasn't before.